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How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Ryan Kwon: Nothing to Prove

“We’re so accustomed to the church being a noun. I want our bias to be action-oriented, and a movement that goes outward.”

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

8 Reasons Some Pastors Are Finding Renewed Hope During COVID

Recently, I wrote an article about why some pastors will likely resign when the “normal” returns after COVID. Here, I want to look at...

How Strong Is Your Leadership?: A 3-Point Evaluation

Every leader has their own productive strengths, internal capacities and external opportunities. That’s part of what makes each of us unique. And within that,...

5 Tips for Young Leaders in the Church

I spend a good amount of my ministry investing in younger leaders and I love it, because it fuels me to know something I’ve...

Preaching Truth Even When It’s Not Popular

“Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will...

Cultivating a Faith That Weathers Suffering

“And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we...

Reimagining the Church

What if existing churches became a platform for microchurches?

What Does True Discipleship Look Like?

In the 1984 movie, The Karate Kid, Pat Morita starred as Miyagi. He develops a relationship with a young man named Daniel (the Karate...

5 Simple Steps to Grow Your Leadership

If I want my influence to help my community be a better place to live, I must first become a better leader. Culture doesn’t hold...